Thursday, May 11, 2017

Thursday, May 11, 2017

3rd Grade News
nburg@crestonstmalachy.org
5-11-17

Science
The third grade class is learning about the six simple machines. Students have been locating real life objects that have each simple machine. Students also practiced recognizing simple machines. Students played online games to practice their recognition. There will be a test on Monday, May 15th.

Math
The class continues to work on perimeter and area. Students will end the year learning about geometry.

Please continue to practice the basic math facts at home during the summer. By the end of third grade students should be fluent in knowing addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division basic facts.

Reading/Language Arts
This week third grade read the play "The New Heroes on the Team." In this selection,  a team of soccer players learn about teamwork and accepting a new player. The comprehension skill covered analyzing characters. The vocabulary strategy focused on un- and dis-. Students worked on prepositions in grammar.  The phonics skill stressed words that end in -er and -le.

The lesson 28 weekly assessment results have been included in the take home folder. Next week will be the last regular week of reading with lesson 30. The week of May 22nd there will be an end of the year spelling test and the unit 6 benchmark test.

Lap-A-Thon
Congratulations to the third grade class for earning the most money at Lap-a-Thon this year. The class will get a pizza party at the end of the year. Corey received the award for Most Money Earned. The lap winners are first place Jaxson, Matthew, and Marshall, second place was Kadley, and third place was Owen!  Way to go, third grade!


Third Grade Field Trip
The third grade has a field trip planned for Monday, May 22nd. Please refer to the note in the take home folder with all of the necessary information.

Mass
Third and fourth grade are in charge of the mass on Wednesday, May 17th. Parts have been included in the take home folder. Because of the number of students in both grades, not everyone has a part in this mass. We hope you are able to join us at the liturgy beginning at 9:15 AM.

Important Dates
Friday, May 12th-Spirit Day ($1)
Wednesday, May 17th-3rd/4th Grade Mass at 9:15 AM
Monday, May 22nd-3rd Grade Field Trip 
Wednesday, May 24th-Mass at 9:15 AM
Monday, May 29th-NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, May 30th-Field Day
Wednesday, May 31st-Free Spirit Day
Wednesday, May 31st-Mass at 9:15 AM

The last day of school is Wednesday, May 31st. School dismisses at noon on this day.

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